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Philip had been missing for six months, and Timmy had been suffering from insomnia just as long.
Although many thought the worst about Philip’s disappearance, six months weren’t long enough to declare him dead legally. He could’ve taken on a secret mission for the police, or perhaps a classified governmental agency had recruited him and was currently training him behind closed doors.
There were many possibilities that would prevent him from contacting the outside world, and they were what had been keeping Timmy going, preventing her from breaking down completely. She was willing to wait for her boyfriend’s return.
But it had been half a year.
Sleep eluded her. She was drowsy during the day but couldn’t sleep at night. Her deteriorating mental state led to her company suggesting she resign. She lived alone in her rented room, refusing to contact the outside world.
Her prolonged insomnia made her extremely sensitive, and even the slightest disturbance could wake her. She called out twice. When no one answered from outside the window, she grabbed a baseball bat beside her bed and cautiously approached the floor-to-ceiling window.
Nothing. No one stood on either side of the window. There was only a puddle on the floor. She stood there, frozen in place. Her heart ached for some reason. She retreated to sit on her bed, thinking
Her mental state had become so poor that she couldn’t tell dreams and hallucinations from reality. After thinking for a moment, she called Perry.
Perry was Philip’s close friend and her childhood friend....
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